Congress Also Considering Online Gambling Bill

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As it scrambles to consider landmark legislation on taxes, immigration and gays in the military, the lame-duck Congress is suddenly engaged in a debate it didn't anticipate: whether to legalize online poker.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is pushing a bill that would give official government approval to Texas hold-'em, five- card stud and other Internet poker games, which currently exist in a legal twilight zone dominated by companies operating from the Isle of Man and other exotic foreign locales.

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Congress Also Considering Online Gambling Bill

The idea is to lure some of that multibillion-dollar business into the United States -- and give the federal gove...

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